Whether youre moving to the cloud, migrating to SAP S/4HANA, or replacing a legacy system, get the data migration guidance you need in this comprehensive guide. Evaluate your landscape options and plan your strategy; then walk through the migration processes for SAP S/4HANA, SAP SuccessFactors, SAP Ariba, and SAP Business ByDesign. Master built-in tools and templates, IDoc and ALE distribution models, batch input, Cloud Integration from SAP Integration Suite, and more! Highlights include:1) Planning2) SAP S/4HANA3) SAP S/4HANA Cloud4) SAP SuccessFactors5) SAP Ariba6) SAP Business ByDesign7) SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench8) SAP S/4HANA migration cockpit9) Cloud Integration10) SAP S/4HANA migration object modeler11) Batch input12) IDoc and ALE distribution models

... Part I: Basic Principles ... 19 ... Part II: Data Migration in SAP Solutions ... 19 ... Part III: Alternative Methods ... 20 1.1 ... Implementation Approaches ... 25 1.2 ... Migration Strategies and Migration Scenarios ... 29 1.3 ... A Digression on Historical Data ... 34 1.4 ... Summary ... 38 2.1 ... Phases of a Data Migration Project ... 39 2.2 ... Work Packages in Data Migration Packages ... 46 2.3 ... Planning and Effort Estimation ... 72 2.4 ... Summary ... 80 3.1 ... Overview of the SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit ... 83 3.2 ... Migrating Data Using Staging Tables ... 88 3.3 ... Migrate Data Directly from SAP System (Direct Transfer) ... 138 3.4 ... SAP S/4HANA Migration Object Modeler ... 160 3.5 ... Modeling for Data Migration with Staging Tables ... 165 3.6 ... Modeling for Data Migration Using Staging Tables in SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition ... 175 3.7 ... Modeling for Directly Transferring Data from SAP Systems ... 176 3.8 ... Additional Useful Sources of Information ... 181 3.9 ... Summary ... 183 4.1 ... Basic Preliminary Considerations for Employee Central Data Migration ... 186 4.2 ... Basic Principles of SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central ... 192 4.3 ... Infoporter for SAP ERP HCM Data ... 197 4.4 ... Migrating SAP Cost Centers to Employee Central ... 202 4.5 ... Importing Data into SAP SuccessFactors ... 204 4.6 ... Tips and Tricks ... 219 4.7 ... Summary ... 227 5.1 ... Challenges and Areas of Complexity ... 229 5.2 ... Migrating Master Data ... 231 5.3 ... Migrating Supplier Data ... 240 5.4 ... Migrating Transaction Data ... 245 5.5 ... Migrating User Data ... 246 5.6 ... Summary ... 247 6.1 ... Migration Templates ... 250 6.2 ... Migration Tool ... 261 6.3 ... Migration Process Steps ... 283 6.4 ... Migration of Transactional Accounting Data ... 308 6.5 ... Change Migration ... 328 6.6 ... Migration as a Subproject ... 339 6.7 ... Tips and Tricks ... 345 6.8 ... Summary ... 349 7.1 ... What Is Batch Input? ... 353 7.2 ... How Does Batch Input Work? ... 354 7.3 ... Advantages and Disadvantages of the Batch Input Process ... 361 7.4 ... Summary ... 364 8.1 ... Introduction to IDocs ... 365 8.2 ... Master Data Distribution ... 375 8.3 ... Advantages and Disadvantages of the Method ... 379 8.4 ... Summary ... 380 9.1 ... Overview of SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench ... 381 9.2 ... Migrating Data Using SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench ... 384 9.3 ... Recordings ... 439 9.4 ... Transporting Projects ... 448 9.5 ... Preparatory Measures for Using Inbound IDoc Processing ... 451 9.6 ... SAP Legacy System Migration Workbench Conversion Program ... 454 9.7 ... Functions for Advanced Users ... 458 9.8 ... Application Examples for Advanced Users ... 463 9.9 ... Long Texts ... 477 9.10 ... Summary ... 482 10.1 ... Cloud Integration in the Context of Data Migration ... 484 10.2 ... Choosing the File-to-File Approach ... 484 10.3 ... Preparation ... 484 10.4 ... Implementing the Interface ... 491 10.5 ... Options for Action for Key Users ... 511 10.6 ... Summary ... 514 11.1 ... Critical Point: Data Conversion ... 517 11.2 ... Methods in the Context of Data Conversion ... 518 11.3 ... Summary ... 529 12.1 ... Database Migration ... 531 12.2 ... System Conversion ... 535 12.3 ... Summary ... 538 A ... Glossary of Terms ... 539 B ... The Authors ... 553